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tvhoempared frith_._.. his. That was a Bill for the protection of a eler g.Y; while the poor were left to starvation. He hoped pemeasure for their relief would be brought in this Session. _ l __ greatly regretted that the Hon. Member for Dublin was pa'werpresent; that Hon. Gentleman had formerly opposed a s i t l) law Bill for Ireland, he was now convinced of its if feces lierieservedly p o s sesse d suc h grea t i n fl uence i n I re l and, gar t , hc vrere to tell the people of Ireland that it was neees doiL:!itY would wait another year before anythiag cou ld b e the for -or thei r re li ef, i t might enable them to bear up against n . cr r great disappd this Sessointent ; ionbut he hoped that some rem edy old be propose. "ir BATESON said it vas a libel on th e landlord.; of , re '"nd to s ay t h at they ejected their tenants in the wholesale ; ria nner stated by the Hon. Gentleman. He thought the i l . l les tion sho u ld b e d i scussed without any party feeling, as men 'I . parti es were agreed on the necessity of making some ,Prons for the of of Ireland.—( H ear .) E m i gration h a d ‘ienrived Ireland of the most useful part of her population, . thou not the p ort i on which she should be glad to get rid of. He si ' l 'ught it much better, that, instead of a crude measure, they b " l d Wait till anot h er S ess i on, w h en a satisfactory one could e br u , :et for war d.—( H ear. ) b MUsir, C. BULLED deprecated the interruption to pupubic`.ss caused by turning L an order day to a notice After a few words from ord G. SOMERSET, day. 'Air. P. SC ROP E said, that after the speech of the Nob:e '"rd (.llorpeth) he would not divide the House upon the question. Lord J. BUSSED", said, that in regard to the mode of striking the rate, it might be ascertained without having re sent ti to the Legislature, and Government was at the pre 7ent time making inquiries from persons most capable of giving me on the subject. The moti on was t h en w i thdrawn. „,,, b P. SCR° PE t h en move d t h e second reading of the oar -rate Bill. , After a f ew wor d s f rom Lord G. Somerset, Mr. Cripps, Wason, and Mr. Heathcotc, Mr. WA KL E Y moved that the Bill be read a second time tl 'is (lay six mont h s . Mr, BAINES opposed the Amendment, an d su pp orte d the Pill. Mr. AGLIONBY said that there was not in the Bill any provision to compel a new valuation, any more than at pres en t. H e considered the Bill a necessary one, and would support it. Captai n PE C HEL had supported the Bill from the begin 1141g, and hoped that it would be allowed to go to a Committee. t Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that too m uc h p ower was g i ven the Poor Law Commissioners, and the whole principle of the Bill was contained in the clause which gave it to them. He . watdd therefore support the amendment. Mr. WAKLEY said that if the Hon. Member for Stroud Would pledge himself that it was not intended to make a new valuation compulsrzy, he would not divide the Ilouse. Mr, P. SCBDPE said that it w a s hi s i n t ent i on t o i ntro d uce a n amendment to the clause to the effect required in Corn suittee. II u , u few words from Sir C. BROKE VERE, the se il 'a ivided, when there appeared-- For the second reading For the amendment Majority tr. BUCKINGHAM moved the second reading of the Public Walks Bill. Mr. TOOKE opposed the motion. Mr. G. KNIGHT supported the Bill. HUGHES moved that the House be counted. 38 0 e House was counted accordingly, and there being only • tikhJernbers present, the H ou s e a dj ourne d at a quarter to t. T HE WEATHER AT EDINBURGH.—The titer -11,--emeter on Thursday n i g ht s t oo d at 31 . ; an d yester d ay i: r eing the pools were covere d w i t h i ce. S evera l showers of h etv and hail fell on Wednesday, with a piercing wind from e north, and on Thursday morning the high hills in the west of Fife were covered with snow.—Courant. b Agricultural pro d uce in t hi s county is greatly on I ,e aavane ; wheat sold last week and this at Cardiff and i's."'bridB lbs. — ge market at from 18 to 20 shillings per bushel of o Cambrian. About seven weeks ago, we mentioned the destruc- Lio n of a dog in one of our streets that had exhibited every •,,,i_sptom of - being in a rabid state, and had bitten several ons in his progress. We deeply regret to say, that in one ti ' ll a s_tarice the effect has already proved fatal to a poor man w ed David Rees, a pilot, who was, in the early part of this We e k . s seized with strong symptoms of the dreadful distemper, d " .. I Q `after enduring the most agonising sufferings for several 'Vas died at an early hour yesterday morning. —Cambrian. a-About twelv e mon th s ago t h e landlord of a public buse just out s id e o f t h e town was comm i tted to the dust, t`' his all but inconsolable widow behaved with becoming tefi and attired herself in " weeds " for the proper time. e _er age, we understand, may be about forty ; well, on Tues ilacY morning, she contented to become the wife of an appren . of her de cease d s p ouse , w h o i s e i g h teen years o f age , -n u " they t wa i n " were a c cor di ng l y ma d e " one flesh." Strange, a however, to relate, the lady somehow or other be- P,nt, a dissatisfied with her choice, and another:swain on the ci t ' f ",wing day . found favour . in her eyes. They spent the whole t " in conversation by the fire-side, to the no small t ' a i s oornfitUre of the youthful bridegroom, and, suffice it to say, "e`.; were married by licence at Rotherham on Thursday C o rning, and ret urne d to t h e pu bli c- h ouse t h e same d ay. ,nsiderable altercation, as might be expected, ensued, in chick both parties di s p ute d th e r i g h t o f th e ot h er to t h e pos . sston of the body and the contents of the house, and the _d_isP_ute ended in the younger of the two being left in the pos 4eWon of the tap. —Shield Mercury. th e A public meeti ng a t Li verpoo l h as b een fi xe d b y Ma.yor to take place next Friday, "for taking into con . alder R ef at ten the present critical position of the Irish Municipal con es and the propriety of addressing the King and the th e wl - a ,jr ° lt f o Commons thereon." By this course Liverpool has IoD leading in a path of public duty, where we hop e Y Municipalities will follow. )rTtrahietre is, or was, at an inn in Bishopsgat e -st ree t, a of a p ers o n who had b ee n i n th e habit - of frequenting e Zihouse daily f or a grea t num b er o f years , an d was k nown t h e name of the five-bottle man. It was computed that, al o t nig the last twenty years, he had drunk, in that house stnr' 35 ,609 bottles, or about fifty-seven pipes of wine, and lived to the age of 92.—.Nharod, in Fraser. oofG IRA FEEs.-3i. J. Vaissicre, ex-Aide-de-Camp k i s Highness Ibrahim Paella, in the war which he undertook ~.a4 t tist the Wahabees, is about to forward to New York five ~,,'Pethgiraffes some :if which were collected by himself in a 1 - „ 11 : 4 °Y which he made to Calubat, in Abyssinia. It is to be aZ a c ti that this enterprising traveller will succeed in his ha ati.",,°os experiment. M. Emlie Pacho has taken charge of 1 0 - "ve giraffes, which are now at Cairo, and will be embarked 1. America at the end of the .month. r a i, z , a leer to a gentleman i town from or activ.e D sentativ tt e, of date 13th current acknowledging u receipt of %Ilan for t h e repea l o f t h e Ti pp li ng A ct, an d t h e re d uct i on t oo "e Spirit Li cences , we arc i n f orme d t h a t h e arr i ve d i n e a :100 on the 12th current. He voted in the House that b a i ll ,, l rgs although he was in France the day before, and in arr e ',""° on Monday. The Doctor seems to think that he has 4,ll,zo.eded pretty well in his mission to the Continent ; and, ae ti jag as the rapidity of the above conveyance has been, he ta p "Pates that in a few we will be able to visit the 'ht Zeapitals of England, } France, and Belgium, in 24 hours ('' ist .—Kilmarnock Journal. 11. „. l IN tisees.—Another suicide has just occurred in th, s, occasioned by the fatal passion for play. It has excited 11,1 6 4 '? , t intense interest. M. Charles Belin, residing at Qt• o -vil los in the Rue de P ar i s , 87 years of age , an d b orn at Cen' e ll seaa where one of his brothers is Vice-President of the aee le T‘' of St. Eliz a b e th,- an d was i n possess i on o f a hand t - fort une. A f e w y ears s i nce , t rave lli ng - -in England, he ar 't a r i" acqur.inted with a young and beautiful lady, Miss Spratt, now 2 9 years of age. Her beauty and personal se al h'',eations induced M. B e li n t o d eman d h er i n marriage, • Proposal 1 was favourably received. He made a certain Ras ta t t°ri of p ro p erty i n f avour o f hi s w if e, an d t h e i r uni on te, wo teased with o ne c hild, now five years of age. h c ! l ,Y, M. Belin had for some time indulged in a predilec tltiesilit Play. His wife p erce i ve d hi s f requent l osses , an d %si l k:wit...el him on the subject. His reply was, that frequent t tira, t q'taies expos e d hi m t o ru i n , an d t h e t h oug h t o f t h at dis he t. l him. When her questions were eventually repeated, fa4ll r eturned the same answer, arid predicted his ultimate !'ai ''/ 1 the cause he assigned. In order to make head misfortunes which threatened . him, he contrived to a'rrti d ',Onl his wife her consent to altenate , the sum which th inns 11 ,Or marriage portion, and having added to it all that e r ,;;Lraso e ... ssessed, he carried it to the'gaming table, and in '4l l 2 of Se bf a few weeks he lost in the Petals Royal no less n~cteti°,ooofr. (8,0001.) Seeing that his ruin was now con.i 'kith unfortunate old man hastily wrote a few lines, in lre, stated that his destruction having been caused by the "ri ti r oulette, nothing now remained - for him but to die. / I nt, fallowing day he succeeded in getting rid of all those h a s o interfered by their presence with his inten il s!valled a large dose of laudanum, and notwithstand geta.3.' skill of en eminent practitioner, he expired in a few th Th l • tr e e police having been called in, and the deposition tr ate th:limtu.nate young widow having been heard, it resulted tis klatq equlries that the deceased, M. Belin, bad too rashly yt ) y to the advice of an individual, who had persuaded hint I, ° '44 )l4 )in a a' the martingale, and deubling his stake, he t ) , 413 1 o r e i n .tually gain a million without the chance -of loss. A tiC t to a } Ming been influenced by this system was appa eked iseovery made of about 200 cards, all pricked and 4 41, 1 . 114 h red ink, according to the custom of regular illi:lvhich were fcund in his secretaire. ke,braeal , ttrY Anne Clarke, hose death occurred in ' ° elat, d ia I t , in .Caithness -shire, w and whose name has been r r with that of th e late Duke of York, had long lived p r tle 01 ern, and h er res id ence was k nown to few except the 4 oce. her a cquaintance since her return some years ago from t Ilew,ner father was a printer and a compositor at the to,, l b retl t i a P,er office, where she used generally to take him to Posies ''' and dinner, and was so sharp and lively that the tor s too , 4, 4 (1, Itri , a great interest in her favour, and taught her ,s h Le. and compose, which she did with great adroit is:harke, married at an early age a mechanic of the name of wa s till-worker who was 'a neighbour of her father's. I'h advanced in years. I)l l ,t ri 4da e y e S a tr_o ng tiortit-easterly wind of Sunday and tt °ria f u 'ed such a high tide, that the water washed the n e la, a 43 hin th h'' Pier at G ravesen d ; arid in the streets of Stroud , 4 s . the Cobham Arms public-house, and reached uoi st , tue coach w h ee l s as they passed along the road. eer is i r "s winds of the last forty-eight hours have done er re be an t enable i njury to the fruit-trees, many of w hi c h Qua‘t:tie.xtthn i t p , bv tfie roots, and numerous orchards are -In u. 7 ; branches, and blossoms.—Maidstone i in LITERAT URE. LARDNER'S CABINET CYCLOPEDIA. LIVES of L7MINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. VOL. 11. Longman and Co. The Lives of those Eminent British Statesmen who ac celerated and directed the two great Revolutions of Eng land, though ratl:cr belonging to general history than to biography, may he so written as to prove of inestimable benefit to posterity. As public men they were a " part and parcel of the times in which they lived ; and to give even the faintest outline of their influence in the directing and repelling of measures and attacks, requires a luminous and rapid exposition of the character of their friends and enemies ; the relative strength of their own and their op ponents' party ; and the degree of vigilance and energy employed against them. This evidently extends to a history of the entire period ; and is as much a biographical sketch of all the actors in it as of the personage selected as the prinCipal. The other mode of writing such biographies— the one of which we mainly approve—is to give only the private life of the individual, without any reference what ever to his public conduct. This would serve as a most useful commentary upon many public acts otherwise inex plicable. The philosopher would thus be enabled to trace effects to their real causes, without being compelled to assign imaginary motives for conduct apparently inconsistent with itself ; and the legislator would learn how necessary the cultivation of certain habits, and feelings, and associations is to the securing of a well-merited popularity. The volume, whose title is prefixed to this notice, falls far short of our standard of biographical excellence ; al though we will not deny the author the merit of consider able industry. It includes the lives of Sir John Eliot, 'and the great but unfortunate Earl of Strafford. Mr. Foster has made but indifferent use of the mass of materials which every compiler of the history of the. first revolution has pointed out or quoted, and his life of Strafford is one of the tamest performances of the kind we ever met with. The author seems either to, have _no opinion of his own, where his opinion is most required, or he expresses it so coldly, and with such indecision, that the reader is rather perplexed than assisted to a proper conclusion. On the whole, he is an apologist of Strafford, rather than the advo cate of his principles, or the defender of his conduct. Though he seeks not to palliate the infamous acts of the Lord Deputy in his relation of them, yet he expresses no strong abhorrence, but rather labours to reconcile them with the whole tenour of his life, and the principles in stilled into him during his childhood. This is to make Strafford out a much worse man than he really was—to remove from him the stain of apostasy, but to replace it with the worst attribute of a fiend—consistency in evil. Upon this Mr. Foster has a remarkable passage, which occurs upon Wentworth's desertion of the liberal party, or rather, when he first bartered away the liberties of his country for a coronet : " In one word, what it is desired to impress upon the reader, brfore the delineation of Wentworth in his after years, is this— diet he was consistent to himself throughout. I have always considered that much good wrath is thrown away upon what is usually called apostasy.' In the majority of cases, if the circumstances are thoroughly examined, it will be found that there has been no such thing.' The position on which the acute Roman thought fit to base his whole theory of /Esthetics— " Humans) eapiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varies inducere plumes, Undique collatis mernbris, ut turpiter atram Desinat in piscem mailer formosa surperne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici ?"' —is of far wider application than to the exigencies of an art of poetry ; and those who carry their researches into the moral nature of mankind, cannot do better than impress upon their minds, at the outset, that in the regions they explore, they are to expect no monsters—no essentially discordant termina tion to any mulier formosa superne.' Infinitely and distinctly various as appear the shifting hues of our common nature when subjected to the prism of circumstance, each ray into which it is broken is no less in itself a primitive colour, susceptible, indeed, of vast modification, but incapable of further division. Indolence, however, in its delight for broad classifications, finds its account in overlooking this ; and among the results, none is more conspicuous than the long list of apostates with which history furnishes us. It is very true, it may be admit ted, that when we arc informed by an old chronicler that at this time, Ezzelin changed totally his disposition,'—or by a modern biographer that at such a period, Tiberius first be came a wicked prince,'—ve examine too curiously if we con sider such information as in reality regarding other than the act done, and the popular inference recorded ; beyond which it was no part of the writer to inquire. But such historians as these value themselves materially on their dispensation of good or evil fame ; and as the complete change,' so drama tically recounted, has commonly no mean influence on the na ture of their award, the observations I have made may be of service to the just estimate of their more sweeping conclusions. " Against all such conclusions I earnestly protest in the case of the remarkable personage whose ill-fated career we are now retracing. Let him be judged sternly, but in no un philosophic spirit. In turning from the bright band of pa triot brothers to the solitary Strafford—' a star which dwelt apart'—we have to contemplate no extinguished splendour, razed and blotted from the book of life. Lustrous, indeed, as was the gathering of the lights in the political heaven of this great time, even that radiant cluster might have exulted in the accession of the comet beautiful and fierce,' which tar ried a while within its limits ere it dashed athwart with train of flame.' But it was governed by other laws than were owned by its golden associates, and—impelled by a contrary, yet no less irresistible force, than that which restrained them within their eternal orbits—it left them, never to ' float into that azure heaven again."' Nothing can be clearer, from the above, than that Mr. Foster does not know the meaning of apostacy—that he confounds the perpetration of acts with the advocacy of fixed and immutable principles. ‘‘ Wentworth," lie says, " was consistent to himself throughout !" How ? Assuredly Mr. Foster proves the very contrary. Was it consistency to suffer iniprisanment rather than pay a subsidy to the King without the consent of Parliament, and afterwards, when the country was in less danger, to raise such a sub slay, not only without the consent, but in defiance of an Act of the Legislature ? Was Wentworth consistent with him self when, after first declaring for the liberal party in Par liament, he subsequently stated, in his letters to Arch bishop Lau a, that Hampden deserved the pillory and public whipping for his opinions The only thing in which Wentworth was consistent to himself throughout was in sacrificing every principle of honour, patriotism, and reli gion to the advancement of his personal ambition, up to the moment of his impeachment by the Commons of Eng land. Strafford was a man who cared not what party he served, or in what course he embarked, provided it pro mised the gratification of a malignant revenge, and an in satiable thirst for personal aggrandisement. It is to be presumed that Mr. Foster " thoroughly examined the circumstances" of Wentworth's change from a fiery patriot, whose speeches in favour of liberty in the famous " third Parliament," alarmed even Butingham, to one of the west daring and daverous tools ;at' kingly despotism that ever appoared in England. And yet how does he redeem the memory of Wentworth from the charge of apostasy? Why, infereutially at iseast, by making him, as we said be fore, a fiend. He represents IVentworth, out of the most deadly hatred to Sir John Saville and the Duke of Buck ingham, entering into a conspiracy with the liberals—whom he deceived by his professions of attachment to Parlia ments and the Constitution—to liMit the prerogatives of the Crown beyond what was contemplated by Eliot, Denzil Hollis, and the true p.itriots of the time , and afterwards for a coronet, agreeing, first, to betray his party, and secondly, to act as the tool of the very men whom he before so deeply detested. Mr. Hallam, from whose " Constitu tional History" a life of Strafford, as copious, and much more philosophic than the ()rye before us, might be com piled, thus concludes his admirable summary of his cha racter : " The passages which I have thus largely quoted will, I trust, leave no doubt in • any reader's mind that the Earl of Strafford was party a conspiracy to subvert the fundamental and liberty of his country. For here are not, as on his trial, accusations of words sp o k en i n heat, uncertain as to proof, and of ambiguous interpretation ; tier of actions variously re ported, and eftaable of some explanation ; but the sincere un bosorning of the heart in letters paver designed to come to And if we reflect upon this man's cool-blooded APOS TACY on the first lure to his ambition, and on his splendid aHitics, which enhanced the guilt of that desertion, we must feel some indignation at those who have palliated all his ini quities, and even ennobled his memory with the attributes of patriot heroism. * But it may be reckoned as a sufficient ground for distrusting; any one's attachment to the EnsTlish Constitution, that he reveres the name of the Earl of Strafford." Hume is the oply English historian that we know of who has sought to &f ad the conduct of Strafford, and to cast odium on the sentence by which he suffered. On such a question his authority is of little weight, as he was ignorant of the law, and detested the Principles of Straf ford's accusers. Though Lord Straillord's death," says Hume, " was loudly demanded as a satisfaction to justice and an atonement for the many violations of the Constitu tion, it may safely be affirmed, that the sentence by which THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MA'Z 5, ic36 he fell was an enormity greater than the worst of those which his implacable enemies prosecuted with so much cruel industry. The people, in their rage, had totally mis taken the proper object of their resentment." O►i both these points the world has decided against the " saft:' affirmation of Hume. The sentence of death . passed upon Lord Strafford was not half so great an enormity, even had he not been guilty of two of the charges preferred against ' him, as sentence of death procured or passed by himsel4 while Lord Deputy of Ireland, upon the unfortunate Lord Mount norris, for merely having said in a private company, six months previously, that he would not submit to be caned as his brother had been by the same Strafford. Neither was it such an .enormity as hislevying war upon the King, by rasing troops and supp;ies without consent of Parliament, to coerce the Scots. Nor had the people in their rage mistaken the object of their just resentment. The Consti tution had declared the Minister, not the King, responsible, and Pym was not the person to assist in violating it. If ever there was an execution which was justified by every circumstance of guilt fully proven and absolute necessity on the part of the community, it was that of Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. The best that can be said of him is that he was a man of splendid abilities, and that be died with a composure and a dignity worthy of a martyr in the best of causes. • The life of Sir John Eliot is a very creditable piece of biography. Mr. Foster detects and expos:es many calum nies respecting the patriot, repeated by Mr. D'lsraeli in his lives of the Stuarts. The story about the stabbing of Mr. Moyle is one these. We think highly of this part of the work. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING 111WETING. WF.DNESDAY. Swe,epstakes of 10 sous. each, h. ft., for three yrs oh ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. ; the winner to be sold for 100, &c. T. Y. C. Mr. Pettit's Menas, 3 yrs, Est. 31b ...Conelly Lord Chesterfield's Nina Lassave 2 Colonel Peel's f. Hoax, by Bed!unite, out of Zora Mr. W. Edwards's Firefly Lord Stradbroke's Water Nymph Betting---7 to 4 agst Hoax, 3to 1 each agst Water Nymph and Nina Lassave. Nina made all the play, and won easy by a length. Handic .p Plate of 50/. A. F. Lord Lichfield's Arbaces, 3 yrs., 65t... ...... W. Boyce I Mr. Sowerby's Rioter, 5 yrs., Bst. 131 b 2 Mr. Stephenson's Laud, 6 yrs., fist. 31b sto 4 agst Arbaces (taken), and sto 4 agst Rioter. Arbaces made nearly all the running, and won by a length. - The following are the entries for the Plato to-morrow -:--- The Jockey Club Plate. • B.C. Duke of Rutland's Darioletta colt, 4 yrs. Duke of Grafton's Uliek, 5 yrs Lord Exeter's Luck's All, 4 yrs Fifty Pounds. T.M.M. Lord'Lichfield's Arbaces, 3 yrs Sir M. Wood's ch. f. by Bustard, 3 yrs Mr. Pettit's Chantilly, 6 yrs Mr. Sowerby's Shamrock A Match is made for to-morrow between Lord Chesterfield's Oberon (Dahlia colt), test 41b., and Colonel Peel's The Professor, 7st. 101 b. R.M. 50, h. ft. Misnomer and Snowball are also matched. Tuesday Night. The Handicap Race, decided this afternoon, excited too little interest, and was won too easily to require further particulars. Not so the R. M. Plate, which, won by the same colt, gives a lift in the odds to one of the outsiders for the Derby (Alfred.) There were three false starts for it; at the fourth attempt all got off well except Redshank and Alfred. The Waverley and Lamp lighter colts and St. Luke lying in front at a good bat till they reached the Ab. AI., where they were all three beaten, the Wa verley colt being the first to decline. Redshank now came out with Alfred, and with precisely the same ease as the Handicap, won his race by a length ; St. Luke a very indifferent third, Lord Berners' fourth, and the rest beaten off several lengths. The following horses are named for the Two-year-old Stakes on Thursday General Yates's Grand Cairo, (winner last week.) Lord Exeter's ch. c. by Redgauntlet. Lord Chesterfield's ch. c. by Priam. Mr. Stephenson's Fanchon, by Lapdog. Mr. Wilson's c. by Comus. Mr. Marson names b. f. Cetus out of Adelaide. Newmarket, Wednesday . Night. THE DERBY. 7 to 4 agst Lord Jersey's Bay Middleton—take 5 to 3 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Mr. Wags—take 10 to.l 9 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Ebberston 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Carew—taken Offers to take 16 to 1 about Slane, and to take 6 to 1 about the two. A Match of 50 sovs., T. Y. C., between The Glama, B.st. 71b., and Skim Milk, 8!t. 21b. . Entry for the Handicap, T.Y.C., to-morrow : Misnomer, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b . ; Bodice, 4 yrs, Bst. 10Ib. ; D ar i o l e t ta colt, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b. ; Lucks All, 4 yrs, Bst. 81b. ; and f , out of Fortuna, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b. CHESTER RACES, Mir 3. His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, fbr Three-years oldi 7s'. 21b.'; four, 9st. 21h. ; five, lOst. ; six and aged, lOst. Slh. Thrice round, rather more than two miles. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's gr. g. Isaac, 5 yrs...S. Darling 1 Mr. N ' bl. h. Si , . r anney's bl. h. Sir . illiam, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Farmer's b. g. Timothy, 5 yrs. Nine Drew.—Sir William the favourite. 4to 1 against Isaac, 6 to 1 against Timothy ; the last-named took the lead ; at the Castle-pole, last time round, Isaac and Sir William came up, headed Timothy, and contested the race very severely until within a few lengths of the ending post, when Darling let out the grey, and won very cleverly by three lengths. Catharine was weighed fur this race, and came on the ground ready saddled, but for what cause, we know not, she was taken off; and several of the Manches ter swells have paid for it dearly, having backed her before the race at 4 to 1. against the field, p. in 6 min. 49 seconds. A Free Handicap Stakes, of 30 sous. each, 10 says. ft., for three and four years old; once round and a distance. T. Y. C. Mr. Alostyn's ToM Shipman, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b...T Lye 1 s Mr. Thompson's Lord Francis, 4 yrs, 65t. 71b Sir J. Boswell's Butterfly, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b Two paid. Sixty Guineas (clear), the gift of the Members of the City, for 3 yrs old colts, Est. 81b., fillies, Gst. 51b. ; 4 yrs old colts, Gst. 81b., fillies, 65t. lib. Heats, once round a distance. _ Mr. Wyatt's FideliO, 4 yrs S. Darling 1 1 _ . Mr. Ninney's Bravo, by Flexible, 3 yrs - 3 2 31r. Shirley's Fury, 4 yrs Two paid. MATCH AGAINST TIME. Mr. Day, of Wandsworth, a man very well known in the sporting world, succeeded yesterday in accomplishing two miles in saddle within seven miles and a half, trotting. The ground chosen, with the exception of Sunbury Common or the Rumford-road, is decidedly a good one, although not a dead level. It is the two miles from near the barracks at Croydon to the houses on Mitcham Common, better known as the " Blue Houses." It had originally been arranged by the backer of time that the match should come off on Wandsworth Com mon, but as there is only one mile there that can be possibly sidered eligible for such a performance, Mitcham was chosen. Thl backers of time had no objection to allow half a minute for the turn round at Wandsworth, but Mr. Day would not to break his speed. At a quarter-past four many had arrived from Wandsworth, and the match commenced. The first mile was completed in three minutes fifty-eight seconds. The second in three minutes twenty-five seconds, thus performi ng the distance in seven minutes twenty-three seconds—thirty st:ven seconds within the given time (eight minutes.) The pony stands nearly fourteen hands high, and carried eleven stone and a half : There was no symptom of distress at coming in. His action is good, but not high. PROPOSED HARBOUR AT PORT- DYNLLAEN IN CARNARVON BAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Before I left home in America, I - happened to read a pamphlet written on the subject of a proposed line of communication between London and Dublin, via Port lynllaen, in Carnarvon Bay. I always understood this country to be pre-eminent for useful improvements, encou raged by the Government, as well as the excellent disposi tion of parties forming and speculating in every way that appear advantageous to the country, and of course to them selves ; but, in perusing that pamphlet, I was led to be lieve that the Irish people had no means whatever of inter- course with this side of the Channel, and that the produce of that fertile country could not be brought over for the supply and consumption of the English market, and, of course, the same disadvantage would exist in exporting from England to Ireland—therefore, that no intercourse existed in the way of traffic. I thought it, Mr. Editor, very extraordinary that such a portion of the British em pire should be thus left so detached and unconnected by trade, while the intercourse between this 'country and the remotest parts of the globe has become so familiar to the mercantile interest. With this view, I readily agreed with the writer of that pamphlet, wherein he states, " In bring ing together detached portions of empires, the greatest benefactor of the British nation, 'and particularly that por tion called Ireland, is the man who effects this. Establish the interchange of merchants, tradesmen, and what it ought to be—unprovince, connect, and incorporate. Thus we shall accomplish by sympathy, and by a reciprocity of Views, that which legal enactments, and every other means have, up to the present moment, failed to effect. We shall introduce into -Ireland the mind, the enterprise, and the security of England. Industry, happiness, and civili zation extend., Disturbance, and the cost of putting down disturbance got rid of, would open to Ireland as it were a new world—disclose her resources to the enterprise and public spirit of England," &c. From these cogent observa tions it appeared to me, Mr. Editor, that the Irish people Must have been hitherto neglected, and left without the means of interchange, but like a tribe left to themselves ; their country compared to a pro Vince, destitute of industry, happiness, and civilization; consequently in a state rude and barbarous, disposed to revolt and endanger the security of En g land. Great numbe rs come over year l y t o N ew Y or k , i we find are generally intelligent, active, and industrious. I thought the society on board ship, and the salubrious air from the land of Columbus, must have a wonderful effect for their improvement. The moment I arrived in this country, I felt most anxious to inquire how the English Government, and the Representatives of Ireland, could allow such a state of things to remain, while the remedy appeared so simple and at hand. Only bring the Irish people from the north and south, via Portdynllaen, and by some magic they would become industrious and 'peace- I able. When to my great surprise I find, Mr. Editor, that there never was a greater perversion of facts stated, than is to be found in that pamphlet throughout—l find the intercourse between England and Ireland is most extensive and regular, to the mutual advantage of both counties, so much so, that in Liverpool, Manchester, and other places where I have dined, I found they depended on their supply of fish and poultry, &c., from Ireland, as if they were only to cross the Mersey ; and I am informed that from all the Irish ports, from Cork along the Channel to Londonderry, there is not a place where vessels can go in, but steamers are regularly trading to, viz., to London and intermediate ports in the English Channel ; to Bristol and ports in that Channel, and particularly from all parts to Liverpool ; and nothing can be more regular than the Post-office Packets on the Holyhead and Liverpool sta tions. What, then, is there to be gained or improved by adopting the proposed new line ? But the writer of the pamphlet forms his argument on the state of Holyhead Harbour and the London road in 1807, not being acquainted with the fact, that every necessary improvement in that Harbour and on the roads, has been made entirely with the view to promote the facility of intercourse between Lon don and Dublin. That national ornament, the Menai Bridge, is a proof of this, and I understand a finer road is not to be found in England. Should steam-carriages come into use, that road will be found prepared for them. The plan of railroad already in progress from London to Bir mingham, which will be extended to Liverpool, will be a great improvement ; and I understand there is every pos sible advantage to branch another from it to Holyhead by Chester, Holywell, Conway, &c., being a line nearly sea level all a l ong . B u t it a pp ears , M r . Eclitor, there is an extensive slate-quarry at Faestiniog, Merionethshire, con tiguous to the proposed line of road, and a joint-stock Coin party is now forming to extend it. Are not the advocates for Portdynllaen deeply interested in that scheme? Respecting the nautical points, I have obtained much in formation from try friends the Commanders of the New York Packets, who are highly respectable, of great expe rience, and practical knowledge of the navigation of this Qantel,.and - feel the strongest interest in every improve• ment proposed, tending to the protection and security of shipping ; they all agree most decidedly on the necessity of an asylum harbour and refuge port on this side of the Channel, and that it was a subject of such importance as to require the greatest consideration in deciding upon the pert of coast most eligible and convenient for the inward and outward bound ships, and that no local interest or pri vate views should be allowed in the slightest degree to in fluence the decision. Those Commanders were much as tonished to find that such a wild scheme was proposed ; they declared that were a good harbour made :,.here, they never would venture on such a range of coast in stormy weather, as it is generally thick and dark upon it, with a tremendous sea, and in their upinion most unsafe for a Packet Station, with any description of vessels that can be built. The improvements on steam-vessels are great; so'is the duty required more pressing, their time more • limited, and the arrangements most strict, particularly on the Post-office packets, that their protection should be as much as possible attended to in the localities of the station they are upon. My friends of New York saw a plan also of a proposed extension of Holyhead harbour, which they very much approved of, and declared it would be the best artificial harbour in Europe, and would be invaluable for the protection and security of the trade, as well as a perfect secure packet station, situated as it were upon a corner, in the track of the trade, for both the inward and outward-bound ships—the latter, with the prevailing southerly winds, will sail freely from Liverpool along the coast as far as the Head, on rounding which it becomes right an end ; the inward bound also in the same manner, with the wind from S.E., sail free as far as the Head, but when they round the Sker ries find it E.S.E. right an end for Liverpool. When blow ing hard, after a long, passage, their crew much fatigued, open in want of supplies, and not able to keep out, the whole value of their long voyage is thus brought to a criti cal point, where ere they to bear up for ? Holyhead har bour is under their lee, Portdynllaen (if a harbour were made there) is thirty miles off, and to windward no other harbour under their lee within fifty miles. Under these cir cumstances many ships have run in to Holyhead and were secure, while others kept out and were driven on the Irish coast, &c. With these observations the senior Commander of the New York packets wrote an address to the American Consul here, which was signed by all the other Commanders then in port,. requesting, in the strongest terms, that he would exert his best official influence in favor of the plan for an outer harbour at Holyhead ; and I understand so . 2.enerally and unanimous are the opinions in favor of that that a Memori a l t o the Lords of the Treasury has forw.wlet l from the Shipowners' Association, Dock omrruttce, ,and most of the principal merchants of the town of Liverpool, to be presented by one of their Mem bers. Also a Memorial to the same effect was sent from the Shipmasters of the port. And it appears the mer ehantS and shipowners at Greenock have also adopted the same plan through their Member. 11.:specting the pas sages as stated in that pamphlet, my friends had reference to the improved edition of Captain I - luddart's Chart, pub lished in 1833, which is upon a plain scale. By that sur- any person may find that the distance from the Kisit Light Ship to Portdynllaen is fifly-tern miles and a half, to Holyhead harbour fiwly-five miles and a hay,' and to the Floatin g Light off Liverpool ninety : five miles, being forty-thre e and a half more than to Portdynllaen. Admitting that packets can be built equally as good 'fin• one place as another, and take the rate of sailing stated in the pamphlet, which is above twelve miles an hour, the packet to Liverpool would only take three hours and a longer to get to the Floating Light than the packet Portdynllaen, and the one to Holyhead three quarters of an .hour less, besides the local advantages, which is to Liverpool from off the Head, generally in smooth water, ; with southerly winds, off shore, and in thick weather, have the advantage of sailing from one head-land to an other. And no place has such l►cilitics in approaching the part as Holyhead. Off Portdynllaen there is nothing to guide, or to warn, until a vessel would he at the en trance. From the foregoing reasons, by the highest nau tical opinions, Mr. Editor, the Hon. Members for Ireland will do well to consult able and disinterested practical seamen upon the merits of the proposed plans, as they will be legislating upon a very important question, invol ving the safety and protection due to themselves as well as the brave mariners of this country, who, by their en terprise and industry, have contributed so much to the wealth and prosperity of their native land. . . Mr. Editor, yours , I ive • rpool, April 18136re.main, AN AMERICAN. From the differences which existed for a few woks past between the pitmen and coal owners of the 'ryne, we are apprehensive of another strike taking place. _ _ • PARRICIDE.—At the last Glasgow assizes a lad, eighteeti years of age, was tried for the murder of his own fa ther, whose skull be fractured by knocking him down with a %oker. There were some extenuating circumstances adduced, and the-verdict therefore was Culpable Homicide. PIGEON SIIOOTING. NEWS FOR THE RED HOUSE 1 0n - Monday last Mr. Hooper, a gentleman residing at Brighton, shot at 22 pigeons in the Royal Gardens, Brighton, 22 yards distance, with doublq gun, loz. charge. Tn•aroty .birds were piektd up within the bounds, and brought to the trap ; the other two were killed, but fell out of bounds. Birds, the best blue rocks. LIVERPOOL DOCK.—The course now intended to be pursued by the Council, is, we understand, in the first iastance, to abide by the terms which they have already of fered. But if the delegates sent by the rate-payers to Lon don refuse to have these terms admitted into the Bill applied for, then it -is resolved to oppose such Bill altogether—in which case, should the opposition be successful, matters will revert to the same state in which they were in the time of the Old Council. DREADFUL INCEST AND MURDER.—John But ler, Esq., Coroner, held an inquest at Monasterevan cn Wed nesday last, on the body of an infant child, found in the Church-yard of that town on a previous day. The provi dential circumstances which led to the discovery, were the following : —A woman named Anne Goulding had been lately brought to bed, and a child of hers, a girl about seven years old, was telling the circumstance to some other chil area she was playing with, that Anne (who stood in close relationship of being both mother and sister of the child), meaning her - mother, had a little child the day before, and that when her father heard the child cry he went into the room where the mother and infant were, and that he and her mother tied up the infant in a bag, which the mother afterwards brought out under her cloak, and the father took an old shovel with him, that they both soon returned, but did not bring back the child. A boy who overheard the child repeating the story immediately repaired to the church yard, and after a long search discovered the infant which had been put scarcely more than below the surface. The mother, Anne Goulding, was .examined on the inquest, and persisted in declaring she had no child; at the request of jury she was examined by a surgeon who declared she had been very lately confined, but she still denied it. Goulding, toe father of the wretched mother, and the father of her child, also denied his daughter's being confined, but in the course of the night 'acknowledged it, and his having burred the infant. It is generally supposed that this is the, third child by this incestuous connection, but if murdered, with the exception of the child who inadvertently mentioned the circumstance, they have contrived to hide their guilt. Gould ing is an aged man, and is wife is living at Monnasterevan, apart from him for some years, but considered a very pro per well. conducted woman. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against them both, who were brought into Athy gaol to abide their trial at the next meizes. The child has also been -brought there for protection. —Leinster r, F 1 PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DIWUTIEs:—SITTING of MAT 2. On the opening of the Cltattibeft anttidst general agitation, M, JAurtnt demanded that the President's Address to the King be The PuntlirttNt olistri;ed; that this was not customary yet he had no ohjoction td it. He had spoken to the King i:1 his own person, zl freiii&nt of the Chamber, and did not pretend to speak an address ot the Chamber. This explanation,though it afterwards satisfied M. Guizot, did not at all satisfy P.I. Jaubcrt, or the Doctrinaires at first, who continued one after another their complaints of the allusion. made to them. The PRESIDENT observed, that allusi4ns were made to exist merely by those who supposed them to exist. Ile had talked of ktctions hostile to the revolution of July ; who ever chose to take such an allusion to himself, so much the worse for him. M. PtseAnnY nevertheless continued his complaints, and asked the President to explain what he meant, or to whom he alluded? M. During repeated five or six times with vehem2nce that he would not retract a syllable, nor explain an iota. The Doctrinaires and the Right Centre still insisted on a solu tion of the question, when M. Valout rose. hi. Valout is one of ti.e intimates of King Louis Philippe, and holds a confidential place at the Tuileries. He began by saying that the President had the right on those occasions of ut tering what - words he pleased, without rendering the Cham ber responsible, and that it was shameful to suffer such a system of insult to the Presidential chair. For his part he highly approved the conduct of the President in expressing his thoughts frankly and nobly, and then not consenting to retract. This declaration of the Court Personage had a manifest effect on the Chamber, and 111. Guizot immedi ately rose to express himself satisfied with the explanation given at first by the President, that he did not intend to bind the Chamber. The Order of the Day was then the second project of law respecting the Customs. After a few words about the wine-growers of Bordeaux, whom M. Gauquier accused of having increased the quality of their wines at the expense of their quality, a few flying remarks were interchanged re specting the German Commercial Union. The first article of the law, respecting the importation of linens was read, but not passed when.the House adjourned. Opinions of the French Press on the birthday addresses of the Chamber of Deputies and the diplomatic corps : " The National criticises the address of M. d'Appony for having, - as •it says, pronounced the approbation of Fo reign Powers on the home pOliey of the King. Would this, it asks, be tolerated at London, or Vienna, or St. Peters burgh ? If the French Ambassadors there, in their ad dresses to their respective Sovereigns, were to express the satisfaction of Louis Phillippe at the limits put to the Re form Bill, at the keeping down of Poland, on the repres sion of the revolutionary spirit in Italy and Hungary, would they not be considered mad? No doubt M. d'Ap pony may be glad at seeing the degradation of France, but that he should come and congratulate the King upon it, and attribute it to him as his own political work, is rather too great an offence against the rules of diplomatic propriety. • • • " The Quotidienne confines its observations on M. d'Ap pony's address to an expression of surprise at no mention having been made in it of the journey of the two Princes into Germany. " The Courrier Francais considers every word of M. Dupin's address to be a personality against the Doctrinaires, and that the result of the debate in the Chamber of De puties is to be considered as anything but favourable to them. They wished to be attacked, the gauntlet was thrown down by their adversaries, and they took it up, but only to restore it politely to those who had thrown it. " The Impartial follows the Courrier Francais in its opinion on the effect of M. Dupin's address. " The Constitutionnel considers the address of M. Dupin to constitute a good political action, and one that will pro duce the happiest effects. If M. Dupin had liked, the Chamber would have given to his words the full sanction of an immense majority. This M. Guizot knew very well when he attempted to make up matters at the tribune. But after what took place, it may be asserted that he will not again venture to put himself forward as the interpreter of the sentiments of the majority. "The Temps declares that a murmur of applause was heard among the deputies standing round their President when he had finished his address to the King, and that his Majesty himself seemed to have been warmed by it in making his reply. The congratulation of the Royal family followed, and were accompanied by many hearty hand shakings from the colleagues of M. Dupin, and from the Ministers. In the debate the triumph over the Doctri naires was complete., " The JoUrnal des Debuts accepts the explanation of M. Dupin, that in his address he did not mean to allude to any party in particular ; but notices, at the same time, the cir cumstance of the left having all given their suppart to the President's speech, as if it was directed against the Doc trinaires. It adds, that M. Dubin seemed to diminish his disavowal according as he found the left sup; o:Cni, him ; and that, in fact, he would have withdrawn his disavowal altogether if he had been able. This it was that gave a political turn to the debate. The Debats acknowledges that the Ministers seem to rely on the left, and that the left voted in a body with the Tiers Parti against the Doe trinairs for the Presidents and Secretaries of Bureaux. The results of the formation of these bureaux have gene rally been against the Doctrinaires ; this it says it is willing to acknowledge, and glad to register ; because it proves that a Tiers Parti Administration is impossible, and that when it once leaves the Doctrinaires it must slide into the left. " Le Pair says that the organization of the Bureaux of the 'Chamber of Deputies must be looked on as a signifi cant political fact, and a symptom of the situation of the Ministry. The last two months had completely disorga nized the Chamber ; all opinions bad been unclassed, and the position of all parties had been changed. The speech of M. Dupin, and the manifest alliance of the Govern ment and the left, together with the choice of Presidents and Secretaries of Bureaux—all these things throw rght upon Oil true situation of affairs, and tend to the clashing of opinions. The new majority will now organize itself more and more every day ; the old majority, on the other hatid, will organize itself into a minority, and, without constantly opposing Ministers, will watch over and oppose with all its force the fatal tendencies to which it may see them exposed. To judge from the division of votes in the Bureaux, the •minority may count on 150 or 160 sure votes—a sufficient number to keep in check an imprudent and headstrong majority." FRENCH FUN DS.—PArets, Five per Cents., 107 f. 90e. fric. rut,— Intl. Oe. Thr, per Cents., S'2.f. 811. 95c. Mc. It Allk Artions. 2,2351. Bente cc Naples, lot sire. !Inman Five per Cents., Di:, Spanish Actives, -1414 Spanish Differes, Spanish Passives. 14-;:;,:l;'‘ Loan, Five per Coats, 10233, Pori iigtiNe 'Drer per Cei:ts Dutch Two and a haleper Cems , 57f. Mc. Elaytiati Loan, 3L - .f. • ES/•n, fIN 1.050. N O mont 4 ; money, 9.5 t. rsreepiper, "27 ,e ; 251. :J'Nc FREN CH I , NDS.—PARis, Mx: . 3. Five per Ce•:is., 9c. C. tide. VSC. FM.' per (c' ifs., trle. si 95e. ser. Baia: -. 8:!e. Rom:, per Spmish Actives, Spanish Passives, I k to 14. )3.4giatt loan, five per Cents , I ' Portugue,e Lo in, Five per Cents , F 5. , Portuguese Loan, Three pvr Cents, 1:4 55 1 . A. l)utch Two and a IIa:1 per tents , 571. 511 e. liayt I.wot, tV3I . EXcnt NUE ON LONMON. One mpnth, iriper, :r5l. 4N. r. , money, 25f 424 e. lliree months, pa:.,:r, 151 . *Z7;ec.; mune), - 25 t. 27;,1e. —Curers dnii;cfiti2rie BOURSE, QUARTER •ro Fora.—The Reutcs are stationary between 821. 15c. and 82f. 20e. Very little business has been clone. Spanish stock is looking ur. A good deal of business has been done in Portuguese securities, on - the report that the Ministry is composed, and that Terceira and Carvalho form Fort of it. . The Five per Cents. ruse to and 3 per Cents. to .4. LAST PIiTCFS.-Five per Cents, 1081. 15e. ; Three per Cents., s2f. 25c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Cueb hards, —; Diiferes, —; New Loan, ; Active;, 4.11 Passives, 14 i l; Ducats, 101 10 ; Romans, 105 ; Pedros, 85 ; Belgian,,, 1024 ; Dutch. 57f. 50c. ; Havtians. 395 f. —c. ; Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belqian Batik, 17 ; Con tinwition, —e. ; New Differes, —; Five per Cent. Perim -; Royal Loan, —. GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLE, APIZIL 5.--- . A corvette f rom T un i s lately arrived here, with an agent from the Pacha on board. l.e is sent with the commission to lay before the Porte a faithful picture of the state of that country, and of its rela tions to the French Government at Algiers, and to ask for instructions how far the wish of Marshal Clauscl is to be acce d e d t o , which is, to he allowed to march through a part of the territory of Tunis, for the purpose of an expedition against the Bey of Constantine. The Porte seems not to be much inclined to grant such rrmission, but will take the matter into considerat:on. Baron Von Moltke, a Itusian officer, who was entrusted with the commission to fortify the Dardanelles, has surveyed all the forts and batteries in the Straits, and made a report to the Divan on the subject. Either the plan proposed by him was not approved, or ,his commission ended with the presentation of his report, for the improvements and addi tional works are' confided to M. de Theverien, a French officer of Artillery, who has served for some time in the Tnrkish army. Th© bands A new eve n t b eg i ns t o di s t ur b th e Forte. • of robbers w'm have been driven front Greece, hut w tO have gained firm footing on this side of the Turkish fri u tters, plunder and lay waste the country, spread ter ch at:long the inhabitants of Livadia, Thessalv, and st m 3 districts of South Macedonia, levying contributions, an already alarm the Pacl:a of Larissa, as their number so much incretsed of late, that it would require a r egula• campti gn entirely to put them down. These bands :ro in some degree organised according to the rues of the ari 01: war, and well provided with money : so tl.atit is believed, hire, doubtless without cause, that they rees:ve supp6it from ahrtitab In consequence of the Convention of March 30, the debt remaiting due to Rus:fa is reduced t ) ICO.On purses, :o he paid in two instalments—the first iin::-ediatc:y, the se cond in five Months. We are here indeed easy with rcpect to the continuance of peace ; yet there are still symptoms of uneasiness among the merchants. The Russian squadron, it is true, is in part dismantled, but in such a manner that, in case of ne,d, it can be , zot ready for sea in a few days. The Russ: an troops in the Crimea and in 13essarabia, have made a retrogadc merit towards the interior of the country ; but their mos -s -mentS are very slow, and there are still numerous garrisons' on the Dueister and the Prutb. The fortifications of Se bastopol, which may be already considered as impregnable, are continued with grcai activity, while on the otlir hand England and France seem to prosecute their extraordinary naval armaments without interalmtion. In spite of this it cannot be denied that Rrussia ig actuated by a very conci liatory spirit., and has already, ant; not without success - , taken many steps to arrange the still disputed points rela tive to the affairs of the East, and that th., jealousy of the maritime powers, though it makes a closer approximation difficult, does not render it impossible. The Greek Ambassador has come into an unpleasant collision with the Porte, the latter having ordered that all ships entering the Porte under the Gioek flag, shall hence forth be searched. As this is contrary ,to the treaty of Adrianople, the Greek Ambassador is warmly supported by the Representatives of the Powers that are the protectors of Greece, in his endeavours to induce the Porte to revoke this order. The cause of this unpleasant affair' was the attempt of a Greek captain who endeavoured to defraud the Turkish Customs by concealing a large quarstCy of soap. It is hoped that the affair will soon be arranged,. and that the Porte will give way. Admiral Roussin has re ceived the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour for his services. _ . Some cases of plague have occurred nea7 Byjukicre ; there have likewise been some cases in Alexandria, Cairo, and on board the Egyptian fleet. Mehcmit Ali is gone to Upper Egypt, and is said to be much cast down. Since all his attempts in Hedjaz have failed, and the beha viour of France and England towards him has so remarkably changed, be seems no longer to yield to the influence of those Powers, but to endeavour to approximate to the Porte. VI7NNA. APRIL 23.—Five per Cents., 1031; Four r.er Ct•nts., 99k; Three per Cents., 7'4; Bank Shares, 1,365. —. Akt meine Zeitung, April 28. BllussEr.s, MAY I.—M. Charles L. Matens ha.i. an audience of his Majesty on Wedneslay, and sat out on Friday with despatches for Vienna, where he is attached to the Belgian Legation. • The persons who signed a petition at. Liege, requesting - Oat the iron railroad might pass near that c;ty, met again on the 296, and appointed Commissioners to go to Brussels to support the prayer of the petition. We learn that General Husel, on his late visit to the Camp at Beverlo, fixed on the spot for a camp of fifteen squadrons of cavalry, which he has chosen behind the right of the line for the infantry barucks, which arc already completed for twenty four battalions. It is not true, therefore, that the camp of Bcvcrloo nill be advanced this year nearer to the causeway from Hasselt to Bois le Due. . . . ---- ------- -- --- --- The Chamber of Representatives continues the debate on the new Project of Law relative to the Mines. BELGIAN FUNDS, Baussm.s, APRIL ZP. Actual Debt, 2!4 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl% Loan of City, 18.32, 4 per Cant. Q33i Society of Commerce, 4!..i per Cent I2S% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 1 'Oi —Brussels Papers, May 2. EGYPT. The following is an extract of a letter dated Cairo, Bth of March : Tne Paeha is going to Shubra, where he observes sueb rigorous quarantine, while there is absolutely no phgur, that people imagine one of two things ; either that he is so nervous, in his second childi:ood, as to be afraid of a bugbear, or else it is apolitical step to conceal his vexation and anxieties. - I have learned, from undoubted authority, that. the affuirs of the Hedjes are deplorable. The troops are dying, and have only the sea-ports and strong towns on the coast ; while the Arabs ride . vietorous over ti.eir free mountains, and hold the Paella iii contempt. The Austrian Government seems determined to know the causes of the - decline of •commerce here, which has been goin g down ever since 1830, and three or fiur• days ago 12 of the most respectable and enlightened. Austrian merchants were called together at the Con ellotee Each was requested immediately to set about preparing a report on the subject, and in a week from that time they :re to meet again, every person bringing with him his reesort. The whole will then be examined and discussed, and a eee neral report for the Austrian Government will be drawls up. It will certainly be a long one, for it is a theme on which every commercial Smyrniot has abundance to say. I fear, however, that they will hardly have courage to take the bull by the horns." If they had, the cause of the de struction of the trade of Smyrna might be summed up in two words, " Hussein Bey," the Governor, who, by his ulcr ciie tyranny has seared away all the traders of the intc r.or who were in time to elude his grasp. Hussein Bey is a most 'avaricious man. He does not al ow those who raise produce to sell it as they like. TlieY can sell it only to those to whom he grants perini.:sion to purchase, and to obtain this permission an enormous FIULI of money must be paid. Then, when the goods are brotight. into Smyrna, Abe Governor taxes them just as he pleases, Lacing, apparently, no other rule than his own caprice. This imposition being satisliee, there is still the regular ex port duty to acquit! It is very clear that, the pus ' chaser having such heavy demands to face, the poor culti vator gets but little. Indeed, as the latter has to pay enormously in kind or in money for his share of contrihn tion, all he gets art is only from one-fourth to one-third of the real value of his produce! More than cure complaints on this head have, found their way,- to Constantinople ; but. Hussein Bey is so rich, and tire people at head-;carters are sl corrupt, that by getting behind a rampart of money hags, he is always effectually screened ; end not only does the Bey contrive to get off, but he feels so secure of im punrty, thet he boldly lays the already over-taxed in habltants coder fresh contributions, and ehliges the very persons he has fleeced to give him attestations in hi I. our, p s reisieg hint to the shies as t merciful rule,. wle.se conduct they are more than satisfied! I have bead than even some of the foreign Consuls hive beer% wheedled (lilt of - their testnneny as to his just and jildieicus conduct on ell oveasioes! Notwithstanding- these flattering testimonials, I have not met in Satyr:et au individual who (lees nut speak of the Governor's goings-on in terms off' the deepest disgust. No man here is so poor or so nuse able that the Bey cannot discover the way ce:tract so:nattily; from him. Such conduct, already persevered io for a se ries of years, is quite enough to ruin this or any other place. lia e;ria Bev must pet attempt to trace this repose to one %iduale—it is the c oinplaint of all S'iv:.l-lla. The Aseer country is the rlloseow * oF Mehemet Ali, aed the treir , ures of Egypt. are slit:mitered in vain. It is a hopeless war ;as the thtliculties increase daily. Tile Arabs are learning the art of war, and tel of marehing to Cairo, as a mere probable thing than the Paella's marching to Senna ; while they obtain the weapons, and even the stores of the Egyptian army. Yet still Ahmed Paella leaves again to-morrow, and troops are still sent to fall a prey to tint jungle fever;, lances of the Bedouins, and all the horrors of hunger and thirst, and to supply a meat to the vultures, wolves, and jackals of the wilderness of Arabia. The dates from Sarni ere to the 16th March. Ibrahim P,n•lnt was cortil'ying the passes of the 'Taurus. Sixty pieces of artillery were placed at Bogbaz lialessi. 'rho Eevrtian army did not exceed :19,000 men, Pleluding the irregular cavalry, arid Ibrahim was seizing Inert right and lea to fill up his ranks. IRELA_NI). The decision of the Barons in the Dissentcr3 case is im portant, as declara ory of the right possessed l the Synod to control the disc'plate of those connected %yid) them, and to enforce the belie!, or profession o belief, in the 'Trini tarian doctrine. STATUE.—ScSulding was on Monday cree cd round the pedestal in College green, and the pfacimr a of a new statute of King William upon th'. horse is to be p:o -ceed!41 with as rapidly as possible. A lINIAMENT.—It is TUMOariti that a 1:17,g,: fleet dill shortly arrive at Cove, consisting of seven sail o 7 the live, thr,.e frigates, and liVe small vessels, under the comman I of a distinguished officer.—Dublin Even'ag Mail. Duzus CLuus.—A new Reform Registration Chi) is spoken of for Dublin. The Central Independent Chit is using every exertion in promoting and faeilitatins the re jstry, which began on Monday. A great many licensed victuallers and wine and spirit • merchants on the banks of the ri ver h ave susta i ne d very serious losses by the late high tide; the water having entered their cellars, set everything afloat, and washed away their stocks of beer and liquors. .0 Wapping, Laver Shadwelt, and Bankside, several publicans have been sufferers to the amount of from 201. to 1001. each. In a few houses the doors of the tap-rooms and parlours were forced up by the empty casks floating on the water. ray* 3 t 6 vcr, erl.' the .in✓g tea• ,f a ~J